National Register #71000185
Hallidie Building
130 Sutter Street Between Montgomery and Kearny
Financial District
Built 1917

The Hallidie Building, designed by Willis Polk, is probably the first building with a glass
curtain wall. Although this new style would soon become associated with minimalism and a lack of ornamentation as in the nearby
Crown-Zellerbach Building, Polk ornamented the Hallidie facade with a
Gothic cornice and with fire escapes and railings influenced by William Morris
and Art Nouveau.